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later in 128}^, and two weeks later in :22^ sec- 

 onds. Up to this time he had not been asked to 

 go further than an eighth of a mile, and in 

 working was not turned around, but kept on going 

 the same way of the track. For the next two 

 weeks, he was repeated quarters every other day. 

 He made speed so fast that through the month 

 of June he was worked only once a week. The 

 25th of June he trotted a quarter in 39}^ seconds, 

 with an eighth in 18 seconds. He was not worked 

 again until the 6th of July, and on through that 

 month was brushed quarters twice a week. July 

 29th he trotted a quarter in 36><, an eighth in 

 I7>4- August 1st he was worked his first mile 

 in 2:55, l^st quarter in 39 seconds. August 5th, 

 2:45; August 9th, 2:42^^, last quarter in 36^; 

 August I2th, 2:37^, last quarter in 36. On 

 August 1 6th he was brushed quarters, one in 

 3S/i^ ^^^^^ one-eighth in 17^4; August 20th, mile 

 in 2:50; August 25th, mile in 2:40^; Sept. ist, 

 mile in 2 130^/^ ; Sept. 8th, mile in 2:28^; Sept. 

 I2th, 2:45; Sept. i6th, mile 2:331^; Sept. 

 19th, mile 2:27%, last quarter in 136. All 

 this work was over the farm half mile track. The 

 last mile was 6^ seconds faster than the world's 

 half-mile-track yearling trotting record made the 

 same year by Benear. This concluded his work 

 at home, as he was shipped to Phoenix, Arizona, 

 where he got his record. His first workout on 

 a mile track was in 2:24^^. A few days later. 



